Geochronology Definition

jēō-krə-nŏlə-jē
noun
The chronology of the earth's history as determined by geologic events.
American Heritage
The branch of geology dealing with the age of the earth and its materials, the dating of evolutionary stages in plant and animal development, etc.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment.

Geochronology allows us to see more precisely how the world has evolved.
Wiktionary

(countable) Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined.

The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology.
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Singular:
geochronology
Plural:
geochronologies

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